Labour may have abolished hunting – but that didn’t stop Chancellor Gordon Brown using his Budget to fire both barrels…
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Tories unveil quango blitz plans
Plans to abolish 162 quangos have been unveiled by the Conservatives as part of their effort to show how government…
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Petrol duties frozen, Brown says
Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced a freeze on fuel duty in his pre-budget speech to the Commons on Thursday. Mr…
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Jamieson issues warning to bigots
Scotland’s justice minister has warned bigoted soccer fans that she wants to hit them “where it hurts most” by banning…
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Act on detention ruling, UK urged
The government must act quickly on the Law Lords’ ruling that detention of foreign terror suspects without trial is unlawful,…
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Cabinet anger at Brown cash raid
Ministers are unhappy about plans to use Whitehall cash to keep council tax bills down, local government minister Nick Raynsford…
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Howard attacks cost of asylum
Michael Howard has launched an attack on the cost of Britain’s “chaotic” asylum system under Tony Blair. The Tory leader…
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UK needs tax cuts, Tories insist
A major change of direction is needed in Britain if it is to prosper, the shadow chancellor said as the…
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Conservative MP defects to Labour
A Conservative MP and former minister has defected to Labour. Robert Jackson, 58, MP for Wantage in Oxfordshire, said he…
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Brown names 16 March for Budget
Chancellor Gordon Brown will deliver his Budget to the House of Commons on 16 March, the Treasury has announced. The…
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